After moving to Russia, Andrei joined the Narodnaya Volya, desiring to bring down the aristocratic rule over the country, who saw the organization to be terrorist in nature. When Nikolai was old enough, his father had him inducted into the Order as he had been, despite his son's own reservations.[1]

Andrei later died as of 1917, but was mentioned in a letter to Nikolai that had been composed by Vladimir Lenin.[2]

Trivia

The name Andrei can be translated as "manly", derived ultimately from Greekaner, "man". Orelov is a foreign name and is most similar to "Orlov" (Оpлов), which means "syn orla" (сын орла), or "son of eagle".